--- title: Psalms 69:14 (JPS 1917) — But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable… · tree and pragmatics description: But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, answer me with the truth of Thy salvation. Who acts: you, prayer, my, Thy. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, prayer, my, Thy), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:PSA:1141 # text = But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, answer me with the truth of Thy salvation. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 xcomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 O o INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 vocative _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 acceptable acceptable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 O o INTJ UH _ 22 discourse _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 vocative _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 31 answer answer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed form=imp, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | my prayer | | | time | as me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | my prayer *not said here* | | | | | unto Thee; LORD *vocative* | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | me | | | with the truth of Thy salvation; God in the abundance of Thy mercy *vocative* | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality | | 4 | **pray** | | my | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **salve** | | Thy | | | | | | nom salvation «act transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַאֲנִ֤י תְפִלָּתִֽי־לְךָ֨ ׀ יְהוָ֡ה עֵ֤ת רָצ֗וֹן אֱלֹהִ֥ים בְּרָב־חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ עֲ֝נֵ֗נִי בֶּאֱמֶ֥ת יִשְׁעֶֽךָ׃ [Psalms 69:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:1141` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Psalms 69:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1140/) - next →: [Psalms 69:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1142/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 69:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.14/)